It’s 2017. Yet there remain plenty of people about who deem it appropriate to pass judgment on someone else’s sexual history and slut shame them.
And one of these people is Jodie Marsh.
Yes, Jodie Marsh. The anti-bullying campaigner.
Jodie singled out Olivia Buckland, off of Love Island last year, because she slept with Rykard Jenkins before getting with Alex Bowen, who she remains with today.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Jodie criticised Olivia and her Love Island co-stars for “acting like sluts” last year.
She said: "This year on Love Island, they've been a lot more respectful, they're not all sh***ing about and jumping into bed with different people."
And Olivia hit back on Twitter, posting a long statement which read: “It legit pains me to even comment on this but I have a lot of girl followers and I want to stand up for myself and other girls who may be being shamed for things they shouldn’t and bullied whether it be online, in the work place, in school or wherever by others girls.
“This is not acceptable. We are girls, we have fought for out rights.”
“A ‘public figure’ double my age, who has never met me, has yet again publicly in the press, with no motive, reference me a bed hopper and a slut.
“This is after previous comments about me a few months ago, and after a previous emotionally abusive relationship ending due to my ex partner cheating with this woman.”
“I feel picked on and goaded into responding in a similar way but that is not the way I like to handle stuff and as girls we should not be rising to this.
“We need to speak up and call people out in the hope that bullying will end.”
Olivia then added that she wanted to “respect” the person in question but her attempts to keep the peace have fallen short.
“To comment on something or have an opinion is a human right, however to single out a girl half your age again and again is to me bullying and I don’t want to silently tolerate that anymore,” she said.
“I accept myself, I accept my past and I like to look to the future with my gorgeous fiance and try to be positive as much as possible even with my down days.”
YASS, OLIVIA <3
This isn’t the first time Jodie has got into hot water for judging people who have sex on TV – she had a fight with basically every reality star ever (including Olivia) a few months ago. See more here.
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